| 100% | GALBA | 5 | First of four emperors in the "Year of the Four Emperors" |
| 72% | OTHO | 4 | Second emperor in the Year of the Four Emperors |
| 65% | NERO | 4 | Emperor just before the Year of the Four Emperors |
| 63% | SUE | 3 | First name of the Invisible Woman, in "Fantastic Four" |
| 61% | NERO | 4 | Emperor before the Year of the Four Emperors |
| 61% | MDXI | 4 | Year of the first Spanish settlement in Cuba |
| 61% | TOY | 3 | First word in the titles of four Pixar movies |
| 61% | EZRA | 4 | Book that begins "Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia ..." |
| 60% | NERO | 4 | His death sparked a civil war known as the Year of the Four Emperors |
| 60% | NERO | 4 | Emperor during the Great Fire of Rome in the year AD 64 |
| 59% | MILA | 4 | First name in the credits of Four Good Days and Bad Moms |
| 58% | NEWS | 4 | First letters of the words hidden in the four longest answers |
| 57% | NONE | 4 | Number of placekickers picked in the first four rounds of the '19 draft |
| 56% | ARE | 3 | First word in the English version of "Frère Jacques" |
| 56% | PAGE | 4 | "Tomorrow is the first ___ in a book of 365" (common New Year's phrase) |
| 55% | PSI | 3 | First letter in the Greek spelling of "Psyche" |
| 55% | THY | 3 | Word used three times in the first four lines of the Lord's Prayer |
| 55% | CRUSOE | 6 | Fictional hero whose first words are "I was born in the Year 1632, in the City of York ..." |
| 55% | ALCS | 4 | An Astro has won its MVP in four of the last six years |
| 55% | ALE | 3 | Drink mentioned four times in the prologue of "The Canterbury Tales" |
| 55% | RON | 3 | First name of the anchorman in "Anchorman" |
| 54% | DOG | 3 | President Trump is the first president in over 100 years not to have one of these |
| 54% | SALESMAN | 8 | "Death of a ___," first ever play to win a Tony Award for Best Production in four different years |
| 54% | XXXXXX | 6 | First part of a name in the "Star Wars" universe |
| 54% | LEIA | 4 | First name of General Organa in the "Star Wars" universe |
| 54% | MARCH | 5 | Month that was the first of the new year in early 3-Down calendars |
| 54% | LINDBERGH | 9 | First Time Magazine "Man of the Year": Charles __ |
| 54% | IREAD | 5 | First words of the Beatles' "A Day in the Life" |
| 54% | NANCYDREW | 9 | Character who first appeared in "The Secret of the Old Clock" |
| 53% | SHOE | 4 | First thing lost in the "For Want of a Nail" proverb |